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How to generate unique id in Dart


I write websocket chat. How to generate unique id for user?

now i use this code:

id = new DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch;

is there any more neat solution?


Solution

  • 1. There is a UUID pub package:

    http://pub.dartlang.org/packages/uuid

    example usage:

    import 'package:uuid/uuid.dart';
    
    // Create uuid object
    var uuid = Uuid();
    
    // Generate a v1 (time-based) id
    uuid.v1(); // -> '6c84fb90-12c4-11e1-840d-7b25c5ee775a'
    
    // Generate a v4 (random) id
    uuid.v4(); // -> '110ec58a-a0f2-4ac4-8393-c866d813b8d1'
    
    // Generate a v5 (namespace-name-sha1-based) id
    uuid.v5(uuid.NAMESPACE_URL, 'www.google.com'); // -> 'c74a196f-f19d-5ea9-bffd-a2742432fc9c'
    

    2. This src has a dart GUID generator

    https://github.com/MikeMitterer/AndroidIconGenerator.DART/blob/445884924/lib/src/model/communication/GUIDGen.dart

    I'll not post the function src here directly as there is no apparent licence with it, but example usage is as follows:

    final String uuid = GUIDGen.generate();